The increase in the pay of public school teachers will be among the top priorities of newly elected Senator Christopher Go.
He discussed his plan on the teachers’ pay hike after the implementation of the fourth and final tranche of their compensation adjustment in 2019.
Aside from the public school teachers, Go is also looking into increasing the salary of all civilian personnel in the government in consonance with the principle of equal pay for work of equal value.
He believes this move will also attract and retain competent and committed civil servants.
“No one should be left behind. The approach should be holistic wherein all government workers should be included,” said Go.
“Let us take care of ordinary workers,” he added.
The former aide of President Rodrigo Duterte also vowed to push for measures to address problems of informal settlers and provide them affordable houses.
Go stressed that housing intervention should be pursued so that Filipino families would individually have their own roof over their heads.
“This is one of the matters I want to study and pursue to address the 6.5-million housing shortage. There should be no squatter in our own country,” he said.
Go also supports the creation of Department of Disaster Resilience to scale up the country’s disaster resiliency and preparedness.
He cited the need for a specific department to focus on disaster risk reduction management.
He will also push for a law that would enable the establishment of Malasakit Center in more provinces and strategic urban centers in the country, he said.